Disclaimer-
Evangelion isn't mine...I'm too lazy to cite all the people
besides Gainax that created it. Just know I'm not one of them.

Horror.

That
was the feeling that anyone, even the most battle hardened and
vicious person could feel as they stared at these two monsters.

The
Fourteenth Angel... Zeruel, who decimated Unit 02 and took an N2 mine
at point blank range. Who shattered the Geofront like it wasn't
even there.

The
Evangelion, Unit 01... a screaming, raging demon of vengeance. One
who didn't care if it was hurt or maimed, a monster who cared only
for the death of its enemies.

Abominations
against the Almighty who struggled barely ten feet away.

Not
even Gendo Ikari, Supreme Commander of NERV was excusable from the
terror of the scene. The unshakable man's eyes went wide as the arm
of Unit 01 slammed into the wall next to him, sending a tide of blood
pouring over him.

But
his horror came from a different source.

The
horror he knew, was the horror of the one responsible for this
madness. That it was he, who had created the monster that powered the
Evangelion.

He
had driven his own son to this moment.

Pride
and sheer terror battled within him, and Gendo only wanted to scream.

The
Commander knew what lay within his son... knew because that same
monster lived within him. That darkness of the soul, what he had
depended on, equivocally, to insure that he could stare down the
committee, Seele, and even abandon his own flesh and blood. That
horrible side of himself that he hid from Yui, that made him feared
by the rest of his organization.

That
monster, which had manifested within Shinji.

He
had birthed this monster, nourished it on neglect and abandonment,
and loosed it.

Others
aided it... the spy, Kaji, who directed the Third Child back to his
destiny... the strange care he showed for Rei and the Second...

These
were scraps that fed the monster.

But
he was the true mastermind of this horror.

Deep
down, the Commander had always known his son would play a role in
this war. That Yui would never accept anyone else, not truly, to
pilot Unit 01. His abandonment of Shinji helped give rise to an
unstoppable god of war, born in the inferno of hatred and rage that
lurked within his son's soul.

This
was what he knew was within Shinji all along... what would make him
powerful, strong, capable of anything...

And
just like him.

Terrible
fury, raw, unyielding power... all of it, unleashed.

Not
even caring for its lost limb, Unit 01- Shinji, renewed its assault,
slamming Zeruel through several walls, straight into the launch pads
with one hand.

This
was some kind of monster... his monster... his son. What he had
created... not the baby Yui handed him so long ago, but the demon of
rage that slew Angels.

An
instrument of Death.

That
hatred buried deep... this was what made Shinji better than Rei or
the Second Child, what made their combat training, years of working
with Eva... worthless.

Finesse
and skill were outmatched by the raw power of Hatred.

Unit
01 was launched upwards, grinding the Fourteenth into the wall with
brutal force.

His
monster... his creation...

What
he had wrought.

There
was a tinge of pride... that his son, for all his weaknesses and
problems, was unstoppable on the battlefield.

But
that pride paled to the horror. He had taken his own son, the child
whom he had cradled in his arms, who was the product, the living
proof of the love he and Yui shared...

And
twisted him, corrupted him into a living, breathing demon. The father
had sown the seeds of monstrosity, brutality, viciousness... and now,
now the Angels were reaping that whirlwind, the fruit of his labors.

He
cast away the fruit of his loins, creating a creature of hatred that
would lurk within his son's soul. A monster that would be filled
with rage and hatred... all for him.

It
was not Seele, the Committee, the Japanese Government, or the Angels
who struck fear in his heart, for none could match what lurked within
him.

None
but his own son.

At
this moment, as he stood in a pool of what passed for blood in the
Eva, Gendo Ikari realized that his son would hate him for all
eternity, even more so when he realized what the Commander had
done... and that if given the chance, one day Shinji would loose that
monster on him.

And
by God, he was afraid of that day.

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